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Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, MA, Project Manager

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Golden October—Catskill, 1869 (Hills no. 16.0.1). Frame
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Golden October—Catskill, 1869 (Hills no. 16.0.1). Verso
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16.0 Backyards, 1860s–1870s

In the 1870s he painted only a few landscapes of the villages of Nantucket that can be attributed to him. More characteristic seems to be the instances where he painted the backyards of neighbors with a focus on the compositions of angles of planks, stairs, and siding. —PH

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Hills no. 16.0.1
Golden October—Catskill
Alternate titles: Golden October; Golden October, Catskills; Golden October, Catskills 1869
1869
Oil on canvas
10 1/4 x 15 in. (26 x 38.1 cm)
Initialed lower right, possibly not in Johnson's hand: E.J.
Markings
Inscribed on verso, on top of stretcher bar, likely in Johnson's hand: Golden/October = Catskill. Eastman Johnson 1869 -
Provenance
Childs Gallery, Boston
Christie's, September 26, 1991, lot 7 (as Golden October); did not sell
Private collection, Massachusetts
Eric Lande, Vermont, until 2000
[Debra Force Fine Art, New York (as Golden October, Catskills)]
Private collection, Rhode Island, 2000
Mystic Fine Arts Ltd., Mystic, Connecticut, August 28, 2000, lot 245 (as Golden October, Catskills 1869); did not sell
[Sotheby's, December 19, 2003, lot 1062 (as Golden October, Catskills)]
Private collection, New York
[Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut, October 28, 2021, Fine Art Auction, lot 116 (as Golden October - Catskill)]
Unidentified buyer, October 28, 2021 (by purchase)
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 1991-01-28
Hills opinion letter: February 7, 1991 view »
Keywords
Record last updated November 2, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Golden October—Catskill, 1869 (Hills no. 16.0.1)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=203 (accessed on May 2, 2024).